True Criminelle: True Crime & Mysteries

Before he became the Man with the Hammer, he was the train driver who blamed Satan for a near‑disaster. That driver was Romulus Vereș, and his delusions would escalate into violence, making him one of Romania’s most disturbing serial killers. ⚠️ This episode discusses real crimes and sensitive themes. Listener discretion is advised. Sources for most cases are available at https://www.truecriminell...

In 1975, eleven‑year‑old Lesley Molseed was murdered. Instead of finding her killer, detectives fixated on the wrong man, Stefan Kiszko, while the real offender remained free for decades. That tunnel vision turned the case into one of Britain’s worst miscarriages of justice. Sources for most cases are available at https://www.truecriminelle.com. Music licensed via Epidemic Sound. Enjoy the music?...

In 1995, a prisoner sent a letter stating that he had witnessed his mother kill his four‑year‑old sister in 1961. That letter triggered a new investigation into a case that should have been properly examined decades earlier. This is the case of Michele Morgan, and a story that should never have been forgotten. ⚠️ This episode discusses real crimes and sensitive themes. Listener discretion is advis...

When convicted murderer Charles Rodman Campbell walked out of a Washington State prison on work release, authorities believed he no longer posed a threat. Within months, three people were dead — including a mother, her young daughter, and a neighbour who tried to help. This is the story of how one man, once behind bars, was set free with devastating consequences. ⚠️ This episode discusses real cri...

In 1999, the murders of four women near Yosemite National Park led investigators to an unexpected suspect: Cary Stayner. Known publicly as the brother of kidnapping survivor Steven Stayner, Cary had lived in the shadow of his family’s tragedy for decades — until his own violence came to light. ⚠️ This episode discusses real crimes and sensitive themes. Listener discretion is advised. Sources for m...

At seven years old, Steven Stayner vanished on his walk home from school. Seven years later, he returned — older, changed, and carrying a kidnapped child he refused to leave behind. This is the story of what happened in those missing years, and the strength it took to come home. This is Part 2 of a two‑episode story. ⚠️ This episode discusses real crimes and sensitive themes. Listener discretion i...

At seven years old, Steven Stayner vanished on his walk home from school. Seven years later, he returned — older, changed, and carrying a kidnapped child he refused to leave behind. This is the story of what happened in those missing years, and the strength it took to come home. This is Part 1 of a two‑episode story. ⚠️ This episode discusses real crimes and sensitive themes. Listener discretion i...

In early‑1980s Florida, seventeen‑year‑old Christine Falling appeared to be the perfect babysitter — quiet, dependable, and seemingly harmless. Families trusted her without hesitation, never imagining the danger she posed to the infants and vulnerable people left in her care. But deaths began to follow her from home to home, each one initially dismissed as illness, misfortune, or tragic coincidenc...

On a bright summer’s day in a quiet English village, 30‑year‑old Vikki Thompson set out to walk her dog along familiar paths. The honey‑coloured stone cottages and open fields around her Cotswold’s home were part of an ordinary routine, the kind of everyday moment that should have ended with her returning safely home. Instead, Vikki vanished. Her disappearance would go on to shape legal history in...

Anthony Arkwright is a name most people have never heard, yet over just 56 hours, he murdered four people in a trail of violence seemingly designed for attention rather than concealment. He staged scenes, posed bodies, and later bragged about what he’d done as if he were performing for an audience only he could see. He taunted police, embellished details, and tried to turn his crimes into a grotes...

Two men were found dead on Vintém Hill in Brazil, lying side by side with no signs of struggle, no injuries, and no clear cause of death. Both wore identical homemade lead masks over their eyes, as if they had prepared for something only they understood. They simply lay down on the hillside, placed the masks over their faces, and never got up again. What happened to them has remained one of Brazil...

In the close‑knit community of Cheetham Hill in Manchester, the 2010 murder of 12‑year‑old Tia Rigg shocked the entire country. What began as a routine babysitting arrangement turned into a devastating betrayal, carried out by someone she trusted completely. Tia was lured to her uncle’s home under the promise of looking after her, only for him to exploit that trust in the most horrific way. The ca...

Margaret Barnes was a 71‑year‑old grandmother who wandered into the wrong house late at night, mistaking it for her hotel room. Minutes later, she was confronted by the homeowner, David Redfern, whose reaction turned a simple mistake into a fatal encounter. What followed was a level of violence completely out of proportion to the situation. Redfern dragged her outside, mocked her distress, and lef...

Jimmy Prout was a vulnerable 45‑year‑old man living in North Shields, surrounded by people he believed were his friends. But behind that façade of friendship, he became trapped under the control of Zahid Zaman, whose influence over the group created a closed, cult‑like environment that Jimmy could not escape. Over 153 days, Jimmy was subjected to escalating cruelty, psychological domination, and s...

When police arrested 65‑year‑old David Fuller in 2021 for two unsolved murders from the 1980s, they believed they had finally caught the Bedsit Killer. What they uncovered instead was far more disturbing: a quiet hospital electrician who had been hiding decades of secret offending behind an entirely ordinary life. Investigators discovered that Fuller had exploited his access to hospital facilities...

An eight‑year‑old boy sat in a small Indian police station, swinging his legs in a chair and calmly asking for biscuits as he confessed to killing a baby. What officers didn’t yet know was that this was not his first victim — it was his third. This episode looks at Amarjeet Sada’s crimes, the community that protected him, and how he came to be remembered as the world’s youngest serial killer. This...